Tag Archives: ITF-1

Feb 26 2014

ITF-1 CubeSat Team Request Reports

ITF-1 YUI

ITF-1 YUI

The amateur radio CubeSat ITF-1 (YUI) plans to launch from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center on Thursday, February 27 at 1837 UT.

Toshihiro Kameda JJ3GRX reports: The data reception App for our satellite ITF-1 (YUI) is now available at the Google Play Store. You can find it with keyword “TSUMUGI” or “ITF-1”.
 
After deployment, the first path is right above western Europe from 7:20 pm on February 27 UT. It is before the path above Japan. We strongly want to obtain reception data. Report via the Web Form is greatly appreciated, but just e-mail “heard” would be very helpful.

The 1U CubeSat was built by students at the University of Tsukuba. The formal name ITF-1 comes from the initial letter of the university slogan “Imagine The Future”.  The satellite also has a popular name YUI which means “bond” in Japanese, it came from the project’s concept‚ “Creating the Worldwide Human Community”.

Ayano Okamura ITF-1 Project Manager

Ayano Okamura ITF-1 Project Manager

ITF-1 has the callsign JQ1ZLO and the 437.525 MHz satellite beacon will send telemetry by a Morse Code audio tone on an FM transmitter running 300 milliwatts output.

The Project Manager is Ms. Ayano Okamura a fourth-year student of the College of Engineering Systems‚ School of Science and Engineering.

Preliminary Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ‘Keps’
http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/wordpress_yui_2/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ITF-1.txt

Detailed information is at
http://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?page_id=1083&lang=en

Launch of Japanese amateur radio satellites
https://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/23/launch-of-japanese-amateur-radio-satellites/

On launch day check the AMSAT Bulletin Board AMSAT-BB. Join the list at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo or read the web posts at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/48hour/threads.html

Aug 25 2013

Ham Radio Satellites at Tokyo Ham Fair

JAMSAT stand at the Tokyo Ham Fair 2013

JAMSAT stand at the Tokyo Ham Fair 2013

The JARL Ham Fair 2013 was held at Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake, Tokyo on August 24-25. JAMSAT and several amateur radio satellite projects were represented.

The University of Tsukuba CubeSat ITF-1 YUI “Binding” support project was there. The formal name ITF-1 comes from the initial letter of the university slogan “Imagine The Future”.  The satellite also has a popular name YUI which means bond or binding in Japanese, it came from the project’s concept‚ “Creating the Worldwide Human Community”.

The ITF-1 satellite beacon on 437.525 MHz will send telemetry by a Morse Code audio tone on an FM transmitter running 300 milliwats output. It should be possible to receive it using simple equipment such as a handheld transceiver or scanner.

According to the ITF-1 website the “Binding” support project is organized by the student volunteers to support the construction of a consolidated network and expand public relation activities with the aim of encouraging many reception reports when the satellite is launched.  ITF-1 will fly with the primary payload the Global Precipitation Measurement Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar GPM-DPR satellite in 2014.

ARTSAT stand at the Tokyo Ham Fair

ARTSAT stand at the Tokyo Ham Fair

The ARTSAT stand featured the Invader CubeSat which is being developed by students at Tama Art University. The IARU has coordinated 437.325 MHz and 437.200 MHz for Invader which aims to have a camera for Earth imaging and a Digi-Talker, to transmit voice data using FM. Invader will be on the same launch as ITF-1.

Also at the fair was the SPROUT project. This nano-satellite, built by students from Nihon University, is 20 x 20 x 22 cm with a mass of 6.7 kg. It plans to launch with the L-band (1236.5 MHz/1257.5 MHz/1278.5 MHz) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite ALOS-2 in December, 2013.

SPROUT will have a digi-talker and will transmit, using Slow Scan TV (SSTV) and FM packet, pictures of the Earth taken by an on-board camera. It is believed that radio amateurs will be able to make use of the digipeater and possibly even command when pictures are taken.

ITF-1 project in Google English http://tinyurl.com/ITF-1-Yui-Binding-Project
Imagine The Future https://amsat-uk.org/2012/01/19/itf1-cubesat-imagine-the-future/

ARTSAT project in Google English http://tinyurl.com/ARTSAT
A student art satellite https://amsat-uk.org/2012/04/12/invader-cubesat-a-student-art-satellite/

SPROUT project in Google English http://tinyurl.com/Sprout-Satellite
SSTV satellite https://amsat-uk.org/2012/08/24/sprout-amateur-radio-sstv-satellite-to-launch-in-2013/

JARL Ham Fair 2013 in Google English http://tinyurl.com/JARL-Ham-Fair-2013

Reports on previous JARL Ham Fairs http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-6_ham-fair/ham-fair.htm

Tokyo Ham Fair 2013

Tokyo Ham Fair 2013

May 7 2012

IARU agrees 437.525 MHz for ITF-1

Ayano Okamura ITF-1 Project Manager

The Cubesat “Image The Future” ITF-1 build by students at the University of Tsukuba has had the frequency of 437.525 MHz coordinated by the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Cooordination panel.

IFT-1 recently underwent thermal vacuum testing.

It is planned to be launched on a H-IIA rocket in the fiscal year 2013. The orbit will be 400 by 350km with an inclination of 65 degrees.

The formal name ITF-1 comes from the initial letter of the university slogan “Imagine The Future”.  The satellite also has a popular name YUI which means “bond” in Japanese, it came from the project’s concept‚ “Creating the Worldwide Human Community”.

The UTF-1 Project Manager is Ayano Okamura and you can read her blog at http://tinyurl.com/ITF-1-ProjectManagerBlog

The Chief Tech blog by Asai Eisuke is at http://tinyurl.com/ITF-1-TechBlog

ITF-1 (YUI) on the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination pages http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=226

 

Jan 19 2012

ITF-1 CubeSat – Imagine The Future

University of Tsukuba ITF-1 (YUI) CubeSat

University of Tsukuba ITF-1 (YUI) CubeSat

Students at the University of Tsukuba are working on the ITF-1 (YUI) CubeSat project that is planned to be launched on a H-IIA rocket in the fiscal year 2013. The orbit will be 400 by 350km with an inclination of 65 degrees.

The formal name ITF-1 comes from the initial letter of the university slogan “Imagine The Future”.  The satellite also has a popular name YUI which means “bond” in Japanese, it came from the project’s concept‚ “Creating the Worldwide Human Community”.

The 435MHz satellite beacon will send telemetry by a Morse Code audio tone on an FM transmitter running 300 milliwats output. It should be possible to receive it using simple equipment such as a handheld transceiver or scanner. Telemetry information will be first compressed into binary data  and then cut into 5 bits and converted into 10 – 15 Morse codes.

Ayano Okamura ITF-1 Project Manager

Reception reports will be acknowledged with a certificate and the telemetry will be made available on the web.

The UTF-1 Project Manager is Ayano Okamura and you can read her blog at http://tinyurl.com/ITF-1-ProjectManagerBlog

The Chief Tech blog by Asai Eisuke is at http://tinyurl.com/ITF-1-TechBlog

ITF-1 (YUI) on the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination pages http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=226

ITF-1 website in Google English http://tinyurl.com/CubeSat-ITF-1